1085 Park Avenue
1085 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10128
BBL 1015170001 · BIN 1048070
- Year built
- 1926
- Type
- Cooperative
- Units
- 44
- Floors
- 15
- Landmark
- Designated
- Pets
- Permitted
1085 Park Avenue is one of the architecturally consequential Schwartz & Gross Carnegie Hill commissions and the building whose institutional history rests on continuous Rudin family ownership and management since 1947 — among the longest single-family stewardships of any Park Avenue residential building. The Rudin family — whose broader Manhattan residential portfolio includes 241 Central Park West (since 1945), 295 Central Park West (since 1938 site acquisition), and significant additional Park-facing Manhattan inventory — has operated 1085 Park continuously for nearly eight decades through state-of-the-art renovations and disciplined long-term capital management.
The 1926 building was developed by the Bricken Construction Company and designed by Schwartz & Gross — the most prolific Park Avenue architect of the 1920s. The Carnegie Hill Architectural Guide documents the architectural composition with specific reference to the entrance treatment: "flanked with pairs of Corinthian pilasters supporting a simple entablature… Above the door is a double window with a scrolled enframement and keystone. The bandcourse under the third floor is detailed with an edge roll and a dentil course." Quoins at the building edges, rope moldings around the 13th-14th floor window pairs, dentiled cornices, escutcheons, and a final ornate building cornice (egg-and-dart, modillions) make the upper stories the focus of the elevation.
The architectural register places 1085 Park among the more architecturally detailed Schwartz & Gross Carnegie Hill commissions. ## Architecture and unit composition
The 44 apartments distribute across the building's 15 stories in configurations carrying the substantial mid-1920s Park Avenue layout discipline. Apartments run 2-bedroom through 4-bedroom configurations. Apartment-level features documented across the inventory include 26-foot living rooms with fireplaces, 22-foot dining rooms, separate pantries, and two maids' rooms. Penthouse 3-bedroom configurations include 27-foot living rooms with fireplaces and 26-foot entrance galleries.
The substantial apartment scale and pre-Depression architectural fabric place 1085 Park in the broader Schwartz & Gross Carnegie Hill tradition alongside 1070 Park (1928), 1095 Park (1930), and the firm's other corridor commissions.
Building operations
1085 Park operates as a full-service residence under continuous Rudin family ownership and management since 1947. The amenity infrastructure includes 24-hour attended lobby, live-in resident manager, package room, and private storage. The building is pet-friendly.
The Rudin operational continuity is structurally consequential. Long-term single-family ownership produces operational discipline and capital project pacing materially different from the typical cooperative or condominium board-governance framework. State-of-the-art renovations are reportedly ongoing.
Specific policy details (financing maximum, flip tax structure if applicable, pied-à-terre allowance, sublet duration limits) should be verified directly with management given the building's unusual ownership structure.
Local Law 97
- 2024–2029 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- 2030–2034 annual penalty
- $0 (under cap)
- Per unit / month range
- —
Facade safety — Local Law 11
The latest available filing classified the facade as SWARMP — Safe With A Repair and Maintenance Program: the engineer identified conditions requiring monitoring or repair before the next inspection cycle. The scope, timeline, and how the building funds the work are building-specific — we review the filings and board materials for you.
QEWI = Qualified Exterior Wall Inspector — the licensed engineer the city requires to sign the report (the independent expert, not the managing agent). Source: NYC DOB facade filings (FISP) · The Roebling Research Library.
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The Rudin family ownership-and-management continuity is structurally distinguishing. Nearly eight decades of single-family stewardship; the broader Rudin Manhattan residential portfolio (241 CPW, 295 CPW) produces a specific operational identity.
The Schwartz & Gross architectural pedigree is real. Among the firm's architecturally detailed Carnegie Hill commissions.
The Carnegie Hill Architectural Guide documents specific architectural details. Entrance treatment with paired Corinthian pilasters, dentil courses, quoins, rope moldings, and the egg-and-dart final cornice are documented in the architectural-history record.
The Park Avenue Historic District protection applies. Designated LP-2547 by the NYC LPC on April 29, 2014.
Verify legal structure during due diligence. Given the building's unusual long-term Rudin family ownership, the current legal and operational structure should be confirmed with management — including specific occupancy framework, financing structure, and policy framework.
Closing timelines may vary depending on the specific transaction structure.
What to know if you’re selling
Marketing should emphasize the Rudin family ownership-and-management continuity. A real institutional credential that supports premium positioning relative to peer cooperative inventory.
The Schwartz & Gross architectural pedigree and the Carnegie Hill Architectural Guide documentation are real institutional credentials.
Pricing requires apartment-level comparable analysis. Recent comparables on the specific apartment configuration should anchor positioning; the building's transaction structure may produce specific positioning requirements.
Closing timelines and structure should be confirmed with management.
Comparable buildings
If you're considering 1085 Park Avenue, also evaluate:
- 1075 Park Avenue — Blum brothers 1929; immediate same-block peer
- 1070 Park Avenue — Schwartz & Gross 1928; nearby same-firm Park Avenue peer
- 1095 Park Avenue — Schwartz & Gross 1930; nearby same-firm Park Avenue peer
- 1100 Park Avenue — DePace & Juster 1930; nearby Park Avenue eclectic-architecture peer
- 241 Central Park West — Rudin family ownership / management peer
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, schools, transit, and pricing across Park Avenue — read The Roebling Team Guide to Park Avenue.
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